Mark Williams simply made enough to stop an excellent attack by his former winner of former winner John Higgins on Wednesday to reach his eighth semifinals of the Snooker World Snooker championship.

Veteran Cuemen, who has won seven world titles among them, resumed Wednesday the entire square at 8-8 in the best quarterfinals of 25 frames at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield.

Welsh star Williams Then moved to the eve of the victory by winning four day opening frames to go 12-8 forward but the champion four times Higgins Ensure that the match would go to a crucial framework after the Scots withdrew from the holidays of 94, 114 and 67.

However it was Williams who prevailed after Higgins lost a tense blue on the upper pillow to seal a Victory 13-12.

“There wasn’t a bit of nerve,” Williams, 50, insisted on BBC After that. “I really don’t get it. I only had nerves a few times in my career.”

He added: “I wasn’t thinking that he (Higgins) would miss him. From 12-8 to 12th I had not done much wrong and was thinking” What can I do? “

“Just just a pleasure playing now. We got the ovation walking inside and everyone was cheering. You have to enjoy it because you don’t know how many times you will come back here.”

Ronnie O’SullivanMeanwhile, kept China Like JiAii in the bay to lead 10-6-6 Heading to their last session later on Wednesday, with the English offer to win a modern day record of the eighth world title.

No Chinese player has yet been crowned world champion Snooker but Zhao Xintong left one step closer by booking his country in the last four for the first time after he won a framework he needed against Chris Wakelin To turn a lead 12-4 overnight in a 13-5 wins.